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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1932-04-07, Page 2PAGE 2 THE CLINTONNEWS-RECORD .Clinton News- ecoid With which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA l'arilre1 'of Subscription—$2.00 per yeas: in advance, to Canadian ad- ulr.esses; $2,50' to the ,U.S. or oth- er foreign countries. No paper aliscontinued until all arrears; are paid tcnless' at the option sae ' the publisher. The date to which every: subscription is paid is denoted on the label. - • - 6dvertising Rates—Transient adver- tising 12e per count line for first insertion. Se fee each subsequent insertion. Heading counts 2 lines. Small advertisements, 'not to ex-- :seed x:seed one inch, such as "Wanted", 'Lost," "Strayed," 'etc., inserted emcee for 85e, each subsequent ins melon 15c. ' Rates for display ads'. yertising made known on applica- Communications intended for pub- lication must, as a guarantee of good fait, be accompanied 'by the name of the writer. G. E. BALL, M. 11. CLARK, Proprietor. .. Editor. M. D. McTAGGART ` Baniter A general Banking Business transacted. Notes Discount= ed' Drafts Issued. Interest 'Allowed on Deposits. Sale Notes Purchased. II. T. RANCE Notary Public, Conveyancer - k'inaneial, Ileal Estate and Fire In- surance Agent. Representing 14 Fire lust:ranee Companies. Division Court Office. Clinton. Frank Fingland, B.A.; LL,B. barrister, Solicitor, Notary Pubiie Successor to W. Brydone, K.C. Sloan Block — Clinton, Ont. CHARLES B. HALE Conveyancer, Notary Public, Commissioner, etc. Office over J. E. Hovey's Drug Stere CLINTON, ONT. V. T. FOLEY Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public. Estate and General Practice in all Courts. Money to loan.' New Bank drf Toronto Bldg., London, Ontario. Phone: Office Metcalf 1723; resi- dence Metcalf 2172, 58-12. B. ` R. HIGGINS Notary Public, Conveyancer General Insurance, including. Fire Wind, Sickness and Accident, Aida- -mobile. Huron and Brie Mortgage Corporation and Canada Trust B,mdr Box 127, Clinton, P.O. Telephone 57. DR. J. C. 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Immediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at The News -Record, Clinton, or by calling phone 103. Charges Moderate , and Satisfactior. Guaranteed," ,CANADIANNATI IAl:;' I4AYS TIME TABLE Trains will arrive at and depart front Clinton as follows; Buffalo and Goderich Div. Going East, depart . 6.58 am Going East depart 8.05 p.m, Going West, depart 1165 •sm. ., ,, « 9.44 pan. London, Huron & Bruce Going South 3.08 pain. Going North 11.58 a In. TIDE. te� V- - ,sten A Thrilling Story of .the Old West BY MURRAY ILEINSTER' SYNOPSIS. The stage running. into Moleville is held .up and robbed of a mine pays, roll by Sonny I-Iolutan, who has a habit of robbing the payrolls of the Aztec mine.' 'Ile explains by '.saying 'he ft the real owner sof the thine. The stage prepares to proceed, bear- ing the two ,wounded' guards, Til - ford, manager. of -the mine, and a girl passenger who has openly as: cused Holman of being a murderer as well as a thief. CHAPTER IL Jake lowered his hands, bit off a huge chew of tobacco, and climbed; down into the road!. He bent - over the fallen 'man and felt his breast t and then his head, and swore.adntir- ingly, "Hort much, Pete?" he asked of the other guard. "This here is) the neatest .crease yuh ever saw. Sonny is a sliootin' son of a gen." "Nope" grunted the second man, working with neckerchief and teeth to,_, bandage his artit and stop the bleeding, Jake doused the fallen man with' water and went to the other's aid. A few minutes later he was muttering angrily as he tested . the weight of the boulder in the road. "I wish that. feller could hold folks up without gettin' so gay," be said bitterly. -"This here's goin' to take work to get by ." Tilford was still motionless in the stagecoach. The girl, her hands clenched tightly, spoke with her voice enforcedly even. "You take this holdup quite calmly," she ob- served, "It doetn't seem to bother your" "We're kinda used to it, ma'am," 1 said the guard. "Y' can't blame Sonny for pinggin us. We tried right hard to drill him. But he's a pretty good feller, in his 'way. Ho don't aim to ruin nobody if he can help it." The girl shivered. "He said he'd have killed Laurier." "He's got right good reason to,' cbserve1t Jake acidly. "Mistuh Til - ford, I need yuh aid an' assistance in removin' this here boulder." Ho paused. "Itl'istuh Tilford." Tilford got out of the stage -coach There was little or no light, which was perhaps as well for him. Ilia face was it pasty gray, ile shoved, at first weakly, and then with , more strength. The guard who bad been creased by Sonny's bullet stirred and moved and Managed to sit up, to stare blankly about hint. Tcgother, Tilford and the stage driver toppled the boulder on -its Side. From that position it was comparatively easy to- roll it to the edge of the road and send it tumbs ling down the mountain side. The four men climbed rota the sledge, the lately-oreased man being helped by Jake. With a cracking cf the long whip, the stage took up its interrupted journey. Jake seem, ed inexplicehly cheerful for one with his normally- embittered tempera, 'tient. Presently he rtseevedh "Ma'- am, Pie :right sorry this here thing happened. but it coalda been a lot worse. Sonny's a irritatin' soil of a gun, but he don't never steal from nobody, but the Aztec." "Why doesn't be claim the nine through the Coutts?" "He tried it, ma'am," said Jake. "IIe ain't got a legal leg to stand on. But though I'll plug him if I get a chance whilst he's holdin' me up, otherwise l'm for him." "Even to niurdee?"'amended the girl Jake chewed and spat. "That snake Laurier, nia'ant, yes'•, he said in sudden acidness, "Most folks agree with me.", The girl bit her tip. The stage- coach rolled bn. It :reached the level ground and picked up speed, travel- ling at fast trot across the valley THE McKILLOP 1VIUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office; Seaforth, Ont. President, J, Bettnewies, Brodhag• en, vice-president,. James Connelly, Goderieh. See. -treasurer, D. F. Mc- Gregor, Seaforth. Directors: Thomas Moylan, R. R. No. 5, Seaforth; James - Shouldice, Walton; . Wm. Knox, Lonclesboro; Bobt, Ferris, Blyth; John Pepper, Brucefietd; A. Broadfoo•t, Seaforth; G. R. McCartney, Seaforth. Agents: W. J. Yeo, R.R,` No. 3, Clinton; Jahn Murray, Seaforth; lames' Watt, l3lyth; Ed, Pinchley; Seaforth. Any money to be paidmay be paid to the. Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of Commerce, Seaforth, 'rat at Calvin.+ Cutt's Grocery, Goder�icit. Parties desiring to effeet incur- anee or transact other business will be promptly attended .toon applica- tien to any of the above officers addressed to their respective post or- fices. Losses inspected by the direc- tor who lives .nearestthe, scene. bottom on a:road that was bock deep in alkali dust. A little distance :out ;they caste upon a pail' of cowboys weaving • in their saddles on their way back to their ranches with the previous day's mail. Other riders, later and' thirs- tier, were tiding in. 'And suddenly- there uddenlythere were lights•` to right and left and soutbretoed Mexicans and cow- ponies in` rows against hitching racks, and glaring lamps in saloons and stores and tinny music from the Roaring Zephyr and its saloon and dance -hall competitors. Moleville was not e. large town. It owed its existence first to the freak uncropping of quartz ore that placed the Aztec mine nearly in the centre of the'Gila Valley, and second to the large and small ranches that were scattered through the mainvalley and the . tributary canyons that wound . into the mountains. Aside from these two sources •of trade,: it had no' reason for existing.. Horsemen reined aside to give the stage roadway, and some waved to Jake Hornaby 'on the box. The in- juries of the two guars were not so obvious as to be noticed fromthe street, especially' since the only light- ing came from the welcoming -glows of saloons and dance halls. Jake spoke abruptly. "Ma'am," he said curtly, "there's vitt' to be a lot o' fuss when we pull up an' tell 'em that Sonny's held us up again. But you remember what I told yuh. That there Laurier feller that grab- bed the Aztec an' draw Sonny on the read, he's a snake, ma'am, a snake! - Yuh'll be sympathiziti' with Sonny an' cussin' out that Laurier yuhself when yuh know the whole story." • He reined in. 'Mexican handlers came cut for the horses. The girl in the stagecoach stood up and stepped out en Tilforces arnc, "It's hardly likely," she said coldly to the stage driver. Her face was very pale, "I carne to Moleville on account of this particular outlaw. He has practic- ally ruined the Aztec mine, And 1 happen to be the Laurier, the snake that owns it!" Jake's jaw dropped. Ile stared, "Lordy!" he said weakly. "Lardy!" He scratched 'his head and grinned' sheepishly. "Lordy, ma'am," he said at last, "there is sure goin' to be some scrap between you an' him nra'an, an' it's goin' to be kinda di- vertin' to watehl" Jake Hcrnaby was not alone in eimsidering that it would, be divert- ing to watch the setae between Son• ny Holman 'and Janet Laurier over the Aztec mine. All of Moleville chuckled at the prospect, Opinion 1r the town was nearly evenly divided a- bout Sonny, anyhow. Most admitted that he had, a moral right to the mine, but not everybody approved of his method of asserting. it. Itis uncle had been itt partnership with another desert rat when they came upon the outeropping of ere that was new the Aztec. They filed' upon it in due and proper form. One of the oldsters Went to Denver to raise capital. Ile carried a power of attorney front, his partner so he could sign any necessary paeans. . Put, in those old days, he did not return with gond news. Instead strangers carne to the valley to take over the claim. They Produced what seemed to' -be an authentic trate-ter of the thine to one L:aun•ier, whicl- wae certainly signed by the partner of the older Holman. Legally, the document was airtight, But the other desert rat retuned breathing fire and slaughter, claimed that his signature bad ibeen obtained by fraud and while he was drunk, and in main- taining his claim got shot by a member of the usurping party. He died in the arms of Sonny Holman's uncle. fiercely declaring that he hadn't meant to sell the mine, and left his share to his partner, The partner, Sonny's uncle, was killed itt turn while grimly camped on what he" still considered his pro- perty. A 'deputy marshall had been assigned to evict Itim, but the old prospector's body was found with a .38 rifle bullet in the •batik, whereas the deputy marshall had fired a .45 revolverfrom the front; and it had taken a certain amount of effort to smooth over the discrepancy. That had been done. Now the ming was a steadyi »reducer. Its levels went, down ttitelve hundred. feet. Its owe Mill concentrated the ore and its own tvagons hauled that ore 'to the railroad twenty miles away. `It hail become the centre and indeed the - reason for the existence ttf Moleville And Sonny Tolman, as the only heir of old Pete Holman, desert rat and hardrock man, claimed, it for his 'own and set out grimly to. -wrest it froth its legal owners. There was where the opinion ,of Moleville abruptly •divided into two Parts. It was agreed that Sonny had first tried the courts, and bad failed ignominously-'to make out a ,ease., Thee original deed transferring the thine . was valid, on its' face, and' it was now. i'mpossibie to Prove that it had been sighed by a• than who did 'not know what: be` was aping. Sonny's -suit ,was thrown out .of court. And Snnny,;instead of instit- uting 'other suits and expen•sive leg' al processes for which he 'had no stoney; strolled, out of the eont't when his case ,was dismissed, forked a pony,'. and, rode sixty miles before the next -daybreak. Then he ' walk- ed into the office of the mine with a six-gun in. each hand and went out, again 'with the month's. 'payroll un- der his arm. THURS., 'APRIL 7, 1932 - Bit had done so for three years. He. had collected approximately the net profits o£ the mine, though by six- gun instead of law. On the whole, Moleville did not consider him un- justified as far as that' went. But public opinion split widely and de- finitely on the subject of ore' steal' ing, Those who considered that he only robbed paytoils and bullion ship- naents were more or less in sympathy. niith him, Those who believed him an ore thief to boot looked :on hint as no better than --any other bandit. And the arrival of Janet Laurier on the whole tended -to swing public :op- inion against him. The story of . her encounter with Sonny lest nothing in the telling.. Moleville chuckled; or if Mexican, swore `adoaa ringly by variegated saints. And Moleville, too, did some calculating and figured accurately that though she might be the Law, ler who owned the mine, she was not the Laurier who had given the two old prospectors a dirty deal fifteen years before, She had been a mere child when. that teak . place. Tilford took Janet to the sheriff, .who ' received her expansively in his dusty office.There were ancient "Wanted" bills on the walls, some ornate Mexican spurs in one corner, an elle ding duty as a water cooler, and close .by the sheriff's rifle in its saddle bolster there were capacious canteens and a plaited horsehair rope, to be Coiled around one's blan- ket at night as supposed insurance against overfriendly rattlers. Tanet received his welo,me with a trace' of suspicion, as if site had been warned against too etmiplete an a' 'entaitce of his friendship. She explained her mission gravely. The sheriff's forehead puckered. "Sonny's right hard to get held :of ma'am," he bald her. He's got a lotto. friends. A IPI while ago -- a year or so now---feelin' was right high against hint. Somebody was usin' his name an' way of workin' to pull some mighty dirty tricks. Held up a couple stores an' shota Mexican or so besides, The whole county was after Sonny theft, But Sonny, be went ridin' over Arizona way an' he came back _with his own 'half- brother. An' he made that there half-brother confess to the whole thing; ma'am, an' that hombre was glad to get to the pert where Sonny eouldn't land on hint no more. Folks was kinda ashamed of suspectin' Sonny after that, an' they're extra friendly to him ba make up for it" "But be is a lawbreaker," insisted Janet coolly. "He is an outlaw and a thief'." "I'1l admit the law-breakln', ma'am," agreed the sheriff. "I'm just satin' he's got a lot o' friends, an' be beung back a boss from Ar - keno, name of Gunpowder, that's a lot o' help in gettin' away. Pm 'try- ini' to explain that he's right hard to catch." "It's no use beating about the bush," said Janet coolly. "Ivry fam- ily has been unfortunate lately. The income front the mine is impot;tant to us. This man is the cause of our loss of it. So I will give a thousand dollars reward for his arrest" The sheriff fingered his chin med- itatively. "I wish you'd hold off on that a while, ma'am," he said slew- ly. "There's a lot of folks think Sonny is stealth' ore. He ain't, He's aloin' his dtn•ttdest to stop it. He figures those ore thieves are stealin' from him, 'feelin' as he does that the mine is his. Sonny, he's worlds' on a right promisin' clue just now," Janet's chin ' set firmly. "You're in communieipation with him?" she asked curtly. ' The sheriff smiled faintly. "Not exae'ly, ma'am," he denied gently. "1f I knew where to fin'Sonny Pd have to arrest him. But once or twice he's called .me up on the phone an' talked things over with • me. He's helped me out consider- able, now an' then." "And you follow Kis advice in' trying to' catch the ore thieves?" Scorn undiluted was in Janet's tone. "Why, yes, ma'am," saidthe slier'. iff mildly. "I know Sunny right well. I've known hint since •rte was knee high to a grasshopper:" "But he's the ore thief himself!" said Janet crisply. "I wish to offer a reward for him. If you won't try to catch "Did Mistuh Tilford say I didn't try to catch him?" asked, the sheriff softly. Tilford, squirmed uneasily: • Janet glanced at hint and bit her lip. "No. It's sty •own idea," she retorted de- fiantly. . "It's clear enough. If you won't try to uphold law and order—P "Excuse me, ma'am," said the Sheriff very politely. "I was sayin' I'd like to hold up that •reward offer ti }while, because ' it looks like Sonny is right oft they trail of that there 'ore stealin'gong. An'. ma'am,' that gang has killed a couple Mexicans that it die n't need to; 'an' it's carried off a couple, :Mexican. girls.'' -"You mean that Holman is a wan- ton murderer and a kidnapper as well as a thief." said Janet fiercely. "I oi'fer 'a ;thousand dollars reward for his arrest. - Wi11 you post that, or shall I?" "Pll..epread the news, ma'am," said the sheriff quietly . "Dead or ,alive!". added Tilford. The sheriff gazed at him with eves that went through, to the wall be- yond. "I reign," he observed, "that's pp to Miss .Laurier. "I'm taking Mr. Tilford's advice," she said coldly. 'You inay include that in the offer." The sheriff frowned. "All right, ma'am," be said soberly. "I'll say. that you'll pay a thousan' dollars for Sonny Holman, dead or alive, Deliv- ered to You, ma'am?" S}ie flushed, and then went quite pale. "As you like. He'd kilt me if t' were• a man. Perhaps be will try to do so anyhow. I have to use what weapons I can." The sheriff -stood up. "I see the way you feel, ma'am. "I been tiyin' to catch Sonny, an' I'tn goin' to keep on tryin'. But I promise you, ma'- am, that if leas the sheriff, catch Sonny Holman, as an outlaw, you won't have to pay out no reward." Janet's cheeks were pink as she rode through the dusty Iittle town back toward the mine. Occasional lounging figures doffed sombreros. Once a half-breed''Mexican grinned familiarly, at Tilford as he 'made Janet a sweeping bow. Tilford gave the ratan a furious glance, but ig- nored him otherwise.. They came to the mine, a huge bulk cf buildings . rearing upward front the plain. The adobe dwellings of the workers, who were mostly Mexicans, crowded close up to the enclosing fence on one side, but on the other the valley swept clear aw- ay to the foothills with the moun- tains beyond. Tiny specks could be seen here and there, which took th^ught to recognize as horsemen. aid a long way off a cloud of rolling dust bespoke a herd of cattle on the move. They would be driven over the stage road to Leftover and the cattle pens of the siding. Buzzards wheeled Lazily, `high a- loft. Baking heat swept in from the valley floor in waves. Except Inc. the muffled clanking and rumbling etthe machinery in the• shaft house, ,however, there was no ,sound at all. Moiivilie was somnolently still be- neath the noonday sun, Janet_ reined in but dial not dis mount. "You see :: what I'm up against," said: Tilford uneasily., "Even the sheriff was finding- excuses fol? I) oh- tnan," saw that," said the girl briefly. She looked fir away, toward the mountains. She swung around to. him again. s"Sono time ago," she said evenly, "you urged` that we ,hire` some`guands, white men. I lathered that they were to be gunfighters." "Yes." Tilford was at first nein 'mobs, -then eager. "I know of half • a dozen amen I can get. , Good men with a gun." "Hired murderers," • said. Janet eoldly. "They'll sell their services to the highest bidder, I suppose." "Not exactly," said Tilford un- easily, "butthey would—er--I'. "Hire then," commanded Janet coldly. "One outlaw is terrorizing the whole county, froth what you tell me. 1 aim going to fight fire with fire. I've got to. get the mine on a paying basis." Her tone had chang- ed oddly ,on the last sentence. She bit her lip, and when shespoke a- gain her voiee was again level. "Hire them, please. You have my authority." She wheeled her mount and rode away, to the little bungalow that had been buil£ for. Tilford as resi- dent superintendent, and which she had.pre•empted fpr her own use dur- ing her stay. She dismounted and went inside, her lips held tightly to- gether. But. when the door had clos- ed behind her she caught her breath and clenched her fists as if fighting back tears. "I—S—" She stopped and ex- claimed xclaimed irrelevantly, "I won't cry! I won't!" Then, womanlike, she did. But presently she found pen and paper and went to the small desk Tilford had used. She began to write a letter. and if her expression at tines belied the optimistic words she was writing she Wrote on cheerfully nevertheless. Dear Father, Everything looks much better. now that I'm nn the spot. I just had a talk with the sheriff and he's anxious to eo-operate with rate. IIe hinted that a reward would make people more anxious bo help him, so I have offered one thousand dollars, Mr. Ti]- fot•d seems very capable and courageous, belt handicapped by, insufficient authority. With ane to back him` up now, I feel sure that everything will - go along nicely. She wrote ion, an omtindstic note with absolutely no word of the holdup of 'the day before, or of her encounter with the highwayman. It •wasjustthe sort.of letter to encour, agea badly worried . or frightened man in desperate need of hope. The .letter did not contain a word that was not hopeful—or' . a' detail that was completely true. (To be continued,) PUGILISTIC FIDDLERS, *THESE Just after Earl U.nd.er- wood, well-known' lVtorris Township fiddler, had 'sawed. off a number for an." .old-time square dance at Bluevale hall, he was approached by Joseph Smith and Jack Thyne, fiddlers also, • with a request to let them strut their stuff. Underwood refused.. He said they would have to see a 'the ' manager, An argument and some jostling culminated in a punch' de- livered to Underwood's jaw, causing a . double fracture, The dance came to a sudden halt and Dr. Stewart was called` in. This came out in police court at Wingham Thursday when some 100 citizens crowded the court rooms, to hear charges of as- sault against Thynne and Smith. The charge against the former was dismissed, bet Smith was committed for trial in a higher court. Under- wood did not know who delivered the blow which knocked 'him out but several witnesses said Smith was the pugilist and that Thynne was innocent. Smith is out on $1,000 bail. The advertisements are printed for your convenience. They inform and save your time, energy and money. Simple German. Remedy For Stomach Trouble The simple German remedy, Ad- Ierika, reaches the UPPER bowel. washing out poisons which cause stomeel't trouble. One close stops gas , bloating. J. E, Hovey. Druggist. 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